Car-door.



B.. D. JONES. 0143130011. APPLICATION FILED .TUNE 15, 1911.

Panam-,ea Jan. 23, 1912.

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B. D. JONES.

` 0.111 DOOR.

ABTLlDAfTION FILED JUNE 15. 1911.

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BELnEN-D. JONES, orcH'ICAGo, I'LLINIS.

CAR-DOOR.

vApplication filed June 15.1911.4 Serie] No. E38-.316.

To all wliomjit concern:

Beit known that l. Benni-:N l). Jones, n `eitizen of the United States. residing at Chi- Cit-go. in the county of Cook und Stute of.

allows the door to he freely opened :nid

elosed'; to` provide n construction whieli avoids any unprotected' joints lwtween the ear-door opening and Hierin-door iteel and at the snme't-i'me allows for nrpine' and Vother distortion of the doorstrueture when subjee'ted v to-Lweuiier: conditions: to

provide in n 'device of the'nhove eligirneter means forf protecting the'joints exposed to 'theweather `which eenr bev4 appl'ied'to any' i I of vthe well known freight cnrs now in use;

4end in igeneral toprovide improved details. of construction i-adevide of ythe nhove character.

The inv'ent'ioweonsists' in the matters hereinn ttor described.I and moreparticularly pointed ont iu'the appended elziims. In the dl-nu ing:s.-I `i;zure 1 is n fragmentary side .elevnt ion of n freight eur equipped with my invent-ion. und showingr the enr door in elosed position; Fig. 2 u verticallsectional view "of the suine. token on the. line Q-2 of Fig. l Fig. 3 is :i similar horizontnl seetionnl view; Fig'. :t is o view similar to Fig. 3, hut showing'n somewhat- 'modified construction. 40

taining n weather proofdoor srpture which nt.; the sinne time will not.: bintl'arfteltujit has been subjected for some time toweathi'lon ditions.` Numerous devices ini-ve heretofore 48- been patented intended vto 'overcome lthe above objection; but they hnveusually either been too complicated, or, if watherproof;

. would not open and close readily after the `door had been in use for an appreciable 50 length of time. The present 'invention is intended to overcome' fthe above diticulty, and at the sinne timel is charnefrizedhy its sin'iplieity und economy of construction.

Referring now more puri'ieniixrly to the 151iv drawings, l designntes :i n whole the enr body, provided willi n si ling door 2. To

Specification4 of Letters Patent.

:ingle-iron .lil lgy suitable serene .13, Vthese n"\ 'ertienll v.extending eljnxnnel iii.

Ditiieulty is experienced invii-factice in oh-- Patented Jain. 23,1912. A

the upper end of the door ore secured broek ets 3. 3, in whieh fire joornaled track wheels 4 riding `in n ehennel-wny 5 secured to the upper end of the ein* body. Across `the up- 6o` per end of the door 2 is secured n' Zimt" 6,"

the upper end of which projects into lonA- gitndinally extending recess '7 formed bythe car"hody and the`l trn'ekivay 5. The tower edge otthe door 2 is provided with n some-l whatsimilr-Z-bar 8; the dependingr tiange 9.-"

esA l vof which 4projects into confining tir-tickets 10V secured to the lower -end of therarhody.

The manner'- 'of`vs1ip1jort-itig thedoor",A however,'fo rms novpart of thevpresent invention. 70'.

Referring now particularly to the manner of' forming the weather-proof tit between th'e doorfnndfrnr opening'. nt either end of the lutter is secured n'verticallyextending nngle-irons..in etteet. forming the door posts.

l'l`h'e'out'er thingie 14 of the post/1.) is spaced nwrv from'the, side of theetxr hotly to forn1` iVhenjthe door is in closed position. as shown in' Fig. 2l.' lt nluits ut one end against -the door stop lt'. und the innertnee-of the door lies uguinsttlie tiunge 14 of theimgrleirons l2. A uy moisture which muy leuk he# tweeu the door stop iti ntid the edge of the door will p'nss ont through the ehnnnel 15 insteudof enteringrthe enr hotly. The sume is true in n general. wny of tht` other endet thedoor. However. es. n substantial fenture ofthe invention und in order 'to more 'fully proteet the joint ut the opposite end of the door ngrninst the entr-.mee of nJz-iture or water. I prolvide n weuthengmird 17`whieh, is preterahlv formed of un :ingle iron` one flange i8 oi which seemed hy bolts lil t'o the outer edge in the door, und the other flange 17 of whirli projects in Vwiudly beyond the inner edge ofthe door.

It is to be noted particularly 'that the tinnge 17' 'of the weather-guard is spared :twgiy E100 from the adjacent; edge ofthe door so'ns to form a vertical' pnssngeor channel 20 o'pe at either end. lt lmsbeen found in practice that this construction nhsolutely prevents any moisture from entering the ein' nt this 1 05 end of the door. und. nt.' the sanne time` does not interfere with the 'opening or closing ofA the door ivhen the. lntterlieeomes warped hy the weather. ln order to :nere ett'eetively bruce the flange 17 'against 'gnmming. l pro` 110 Vvide nspnee hloelc 2l linut mid-height of the. door. The upper and iov-:er ends of the flange 17 are protected against jamming or being otherwise bent inwardly against the door by means of extensions 22 and 23 of the upper and lower Z-bars 6 and 8, referred to in Fig. 2. In other words, these Z-bars project outwardly beyond the rear edge of the door a slight distance so as to brace the flange 17.

In Fig. 5 is shown a somewhat modified construction, in which 12 designates the door post, 16 the door stops, and 2 the door. At that end of the door remote from the stop 16, there is provided a similar weatherguard 18 secured to the door in exactly the same manner as the weather-guard 18 heretofore described. The door is also provided at its upper and lower edges with the Z-bars 6 and 8 and extensions 22 and 23 heretofore described. The inward portion of the guard is braced by means of a rivet 18" instead of the space block 20 shown 'in Fig. 3.

In the construction shown in Fig. 4 the vertical channel between the weather guard 18 and adjacent post 12 effectively pre-v vents any moisture from leaking into the car body.

The construction and operation of the invention are apparent from the foregoing description.

The invention is not limited to the details of construction shown except as set forth in ,the appended claims.

I claim as my invention: l l. The combination with a car body having a carl doorv opening, of a door mounted' to move across said opening, a' door post at either end of said opening, a door stop at one end thereof, and a weather guard comprising an angle iron secured to the door at its end remote from the stop one flange of said angle iron extending across the vertical edge of the door but spaced away from the latter to form a vertical channel.

. 2.The combination with a c ar body, having a car door opening, of: a door mounted to move across said opening, a door post at either end ofsaid opening, a door stop at onel end thereof. and a' weather guard comprising an angle iron one flange of which 'is secured to the cuter tace of the door at the end of the latter remote from the stop and the other flange of which extends across the vertical edge of the door and projects beyond the inner face of the latter, said latter flange being spaced away from the vertical edge of the door to form a vertical channel.

3. The combination with a car body, having a car door opening, of a door mounted to move across said opening, a door post at either end of the latter, a door stop at one end thereof and a verticallyI extending weather guard secured to the end' of the door remote from the stop and provided with a flange portion extending across the vertical edge of the door but spaced away from the latter and projecting inwardly beyond the inner face .of the door.

4l. The combination with a. car body, hav- 'ing a car door opening, of a door mounted to move across saidopening and an angle iron extending vertically along one edge of the door, one flange of which is secured to `the outer face of the door and the other flange extending across said vei'ticaledge but spaced away from the same.

5. The combination with a car body, having a car door opening, of a door mounted to move across said opening, a door post at either en d of said opening, a door stop at one end thereof and a weather guard comprising a verticall extending: angle iron,

vone {lange'of whic is secured to the outer face-of the door atthe end of the latter re- 

